LORRY LEFT EMPTY AFTER RAIDERS STRIKE

THIEVES have ransacked a lorry parked in an A500 lay-by. They got away with a huge amount of stock including kettles, grills and a rice cooker after slashing the curtain sides on the parked-up vehicle.

The raiders struck sometime between 9pm on Thursday November 17 and 5am on Friday November 18 and left the trailer completely empty. The Iveco Stralis HGV was parked about than 200 metres away from the Barthomley roundabout, just off junction 16 of the M6.

Once inside, thieves took eight pallets containing Dutch kitchen appliances.

The stolen items include: 24 stainless steel kettles, six automatic tea kettles, 13 silver Solis Barista Perfetta Plus coffee machines, 36 Britta water filters for coffee machines, 60 Weiss ‘Quick Vac’ vacuum cleaners, 57 Solis ‘Vac Smart’ vacuum cleaners. 73 Solis ‘Vac Premium’ vacuum cleaners, 75 Solis rice ‘duo program’ cookers, 25 Solis Swiss Air hairdryers. 29 Solis Swiss Air ‘perfection black plus’ hairdryers and 25 plugs.

Anyone with any information or dashcam footage is being urged to get in touch with police on 101, Facebook or Twitter. Or contact Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555111.